Crazy Waiting
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- Movie: The Longest 24 Months / Crazy Waiting / Crazy for Waiting
- Hangul: 기다리다 미쳐
- Revised romanization: Gidarida micheo
- Director: Seung-jin Ryu
- Writer: Seung-jin Ryu
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: January 1, 2008
- Runtime: 108 minutes
- Studio: iFilm Co., Ltd.
- Distributor: Cinema Service
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Most male students head for the military barracks after finishing their first or second year in college, and many of them go through relationship troubles when they leave their girlfriends behind.
The film presents four different couples and depicts how they cope with the challenging period in a largely lighthearted fashion. The first couple is Won-jae (Jang Keun-Suk), a college student who is officially in his early 20s but looks like a teenage boy, and his girlfriend Hyo-jeong (Son Tae-young), a physical therapist who is pushing 30. Apparently, their conflict revolves around their age gap, even when they remain apart due to Won-jae's military service.
The second couple is in the same music band. Bo-ram (Jang Hee-jin), a shy keyboardist, has a crush on Min-cheol (Danny Ahn), a tall and handsome band leader who is showing affection to another female band member, even when he is in the military. The emotional tug-of-war between Bo-ram and Min-cheol is a little bit more convincing than other couples, thanks to Jang's delicate performances throughout the film.
A very typical love triangle unfolds for the third couple: Jin-a (Yu In-Young), who believes she's the prettiest and cutest girl in the world, and her faithful boyfriend Eun-seok (Kim San-ho). When her boyfriend has begun his service, Jin-a sends him a nice gift package including what she calls "Love Candy," but her devotion turns out to be not so solid when she feels lonely in the absence of her boyfriend and in the presence of his close friend (played by Lee Ki-woo).
But this is the fourth couple that goes to the extreme. Or the fourth girl, to be exact. Bi-ang (Han Yeo-reum) is living in her boyfriend's house -- Hur Wook (Woo Seung-min) -- and she takes full advantage of his absence to seduce another man and even invites him to live with her.
Cast
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| Son Tae-Young | Jang Keun-Suk | Jang Hee-Jin | Danny Ahn |
| Hyo-jeong | Won-jae | Bo-rang | Min-cheol |
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| Yu In-Young | Kim San-Ho | Han Yeo-Reum | Woo Seung-Min |
| Jin-a | Eun-seok | Bi-ang | Wook |
Supporting Cast
- Lee Young-Jin - Ha-na (singer)
- Lee Ki-Woo - Ki-sung (in love with Jin-a / best friend of Eun-seok)
- Kim Tae-Hyeon
- Hong Ji-Min
- Choi Jae-Hwan
- Oh Mi-Yeon
- Hwang Seok-Jeong
- Son Hwa-Ryeong
- Lee Won-Jae
- Seong-min Woo
- Hong Yeo-Jin - Won-jae's mother
- Jung Min-Sung - Hyun-Joon
سوسه النخله Says:
May 13 2010 11:11 am
ششكله حلو وشكله باااايخ !!!
بسس آول شيي بششوف فلم انا والبزر وبعدددددين بشووف هالفلم . ..
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I love you ( jang geun suk ) :$
Ki Says:
Feb 11 2009 4:56 am
In South Korea, there’s a 2 year military requirement for all male citizens. Of course, if you have connections you may be able to get an exemption or assigned somewhere like the post office. Unfortunately for the 4 main male characters in “Crazy Waiting” they don’t have such connections and must serve out their 2 year requirement. This causes major problems in their personal lives as they all have girlfriends who promises to wait, but find those promises much harder to keep.
The 4 couples in “Crazy Waiting” are: Hyo-jeong & Won-jae, Jin-ah & Eun-seok, Bi-ang & Wook and Bo-rang & Min-cheol.
In Hyo-Jeong & Won-jae’s case, Hyo-jeong’s several years older than Won-jae and finds herself always paying for him when they go out. This leads to large credit card debts for Hyo-Jeong. One day, after Won-jae leaves for the army, Hyo-jeong backs into a man’s bicycle and drives him home. The guy starts to take a strong interest in Hyo-jeong.
Before Eun-seok went into the military, he made sure his best friend Ki-sung would watch over his girlfriend Jin-ah. Unknown to Eun-seok, Ki-sung has always had a crush on Jin-ah. As the two spend more time together while Eun-seok is away, their feelings get stronger.
It doesn’t take Bi-ang long to break her promise to Wook. Shortly after Wook leaves for the military she goes to a nightclub and gives her phone number to a guy that sits next to her. While Wook is away, Bi-ang is living in his apartment and soon enough there’s another guy living there as well.
In the case of Bo-rang & Min-cheol, they didn’t make such promises to wait for each other as they weren’t a couple prior to Min-cheol’s enlistment. Min-cheol was in fact dating Ha-na the lead singer of the band “Peacock Green.” Bo-rang is the keyboardist, while Min-cheol is the guitarist. After Min-cheol leaves for the army, Ha-na announces that she is leaving for England. Bo-rang then takes the initiative to visit Min-cheol at the military camp.
Probably due to the inordinate amount of movies coming out Korea dealing with relationships & infidelity I wasn’t all that enthusiastic about watching another one. “Crazy Waiting” does feature a cast of pretty faces, but that’s about it. Perhaps caused by having so many characters in the movie, each and every character seemed like a shallow character profile of what the filmmakers had in mind and nothing more. Making matters worse, the set-up has three of the four main female characters breaking their promises of fidelity to guys who are portrayed as having high character and on top of that — serving their country! How the hell are you supposed to sympathize with those ladies? This may have been an attempt by the filmmakers to reflect reality or bring more realism to the movie, but if that’s reality please give me more unrealistic romanticism.
“Crazy Waiting” does feature a topic not often discussed in Korean films: the toll Korea’s military requirement takes on personal relationships, but the uninspiring script and familiar “My Lovely Week” type of set-up dilutes any freshness that topic brings to the screen. About the only other novel thing I noticed about the movie was when Bi-ang met her date in a DVD Bang (Room). Not sure why, but you never see DVD Rooms in Korean films, even though there’s usually two or three on every major street in Korea. Funny enough, while the couple were making out in the DVD Room the movie that was playing onscreen was “A Good Day to Have an Affair” — a far better film that tackles similar subject. This one is likely to appeal only to big fans of the individual performers.